Drying rack or hanger



June 22, 1948. L. SITEMAN 2,443,696

DRYING RACK OR HANGER I Filed June 18, 1945 I INVENTOR.- ZEE'S/rE/Wfi/V- %MZW Patented June 22, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT.OFFICEDRYING RACK R HANGER Lee Sitcman, Iios Angeles, (lalif.

Application June 18, 1945, Serial No. 600,073

My invention relates to a drying rack and hanger and has for itsprincipal object to provide a simple, practical and inexpensive devicewhich may be conveniently used for receiving and suspending smallarticles such as hosiery, lingerie, handkerchiefs, fabric gloves and thelike, while drying after being laundered, or for receiving and holding,in attractive manner, for display in a show window showcase or the like,a number of articles of merchandise.

' Further objects of my invention are to provide a rack or hanger whichmay be conveniently applied to the back of a chair, to the side Wallsand front of a drawer, to towel bars and shower bath supporting rods ofdifferent sizes, further, to provide the hanger with a plurality ofadjustable arms pivotally mounted on a bracket, each arm being slottedto receive and securely hold various flexible articles, so that the sameare individually displayed and capable of being readily removed.

A further object of my invention is to provide, in a, device of thecharacter referred to, simple and eflicient means for detachablyconnecting the article supporting arms to the bracket, so that said armsmay be readily removed in order that the hanger, in knockdown form, maybe compacted so as to occupy comparatively little space while instorage, or during transportation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rack or hanger which,when manufactured from clear or tinted plastics, present-s a very neat,finished and attractive appearance and which may be conveniently used asa hanger for neckties.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a rack or hanger constructed in accordancewith my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the rack or hanger and showing sameinverted.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing the pivotal end of one ofthe article suspending arms, same being inverted.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings which illustrate apreferred embodiment of my invention, l0 designates a plate from theupper and lower ends of which project horizontal- 1y disposed plates IIand I2 respectively and 2 Claims. (Cl. 211-96) formed integral with thecenter of lower plate It is an upstanding post [3, the upper end ofwhich terminates a short distance below the underface of top plate I lFormed integral with the upper end of plate I0 is an upwardly andoutwardly projecting substantially circular hook M, from the free end ofwhich depends a short plate [5, that is'spaced apart from and parallelwith the upper portion of plate [0. The space between plates l5 and I0is less than the inner diameter of book [4 and thus the body of thehanger may be readily applied to the back of a chair, to the side orfront walls of a drawer, or to the upper edge of a door, with thesupporting member disposed between said plates [5 and I!) as shown bydotted lines A,

Fig. 1..

The body of the hanger is formed from plastics or material having a.certain degree of resiliency and by flexing plate l5 away from plate l0,hook l4 may be suspended from a support such as a towel bar or showercurtain supporting rod or rail (see dotted lines B, Fig. 2)

When the supporting member A is thicker than the space between plates l5and III, the hook and particularly plate I5 will clamp said support, dueto the resiliency of the material from which the hook is formed.

Formed integral with and depending from lower plate 12 is a hook l6 thatis used for suspending the hanger when inverted (see Fig. 8), this hookbeing smaller than hook H, for the reception of a small rod or bar C, ora slightly larger rod may be positioned in the corner between plates [0and I2 behind the free end thereof, as designated by D, Fig. 3.

When the hanger is suspended by means of either hook [4 or I6, variousarticles may be suspended from the lower one of said hooks.

Mounted to swing freely upon post I3, is a series of arms l1, formed ofplastics or the like, each arm being provided with a longitudinallydisposed slot l8 which receives a part of the article suspended from thearm and to enable the article to be readily placed in said slot, thatportion of the arm on one side of the slot is provided with a shortopening l9 and with a short outwardly curved guiding finger 20 on thearm at one side of said opening.

The inner end of each arm is provided with an aperture 2| for thereception of post l3 and as the thickness of each arm is greater thanthe space between the upper end of post 13 and underface of plate II,the underface of each arm to one side of the aperture 2| therein, isnotched as designated by 22, in order that the arms may be positioned onthe post. (See Fig. 5.)

In Fig. 4, the uppermost one of the arms is shown in position so thatwhen shifted laterally a short distance, the upper end of post 13 willpass through notch 22 and enter the aperture 2|.

The construction just described prevents the arm I! from becomingaccidentally detached from post IS, The arms I7, when swung with Openpositions as seen in Fig, 1, provide convenient supports for a number ofarticles and the body of the hanger provided with hooks at both ends maybe readily applied to and suspended from, supporting elements ofdifferent diameters.

The hanger, when molded from clear, tinted or colored plastics, presentsa pleasing attractive appearance and at the same time provides a usefularticle for use in households, dressing rooms and retail merchan'dizingestablishments.

Article supporting arms I! are formed with hard, smooth finishedsurfaces, and thus articles of sheer fabric cannot be snagged or tornwhen applied to and suspended from said arms.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a drying rack or hanger thatis simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture and very eifective inperforming the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstruction of the various parts of my improved rack or hanger may bemade and substituted without departing from the spirit of the invention,the scope of which is set .forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a drying rack and hanger, a frame including a pair of horizontallydisposed vertically spaced plates, a post projecting upwardly from thelower plate, the upper end of said post being spaced apart from theupper plate, a plurality of arms, the thickness of each arm beinggreater than the space between the upper end of said post and said upperplate, each plate being provided at one end with an aperture, and theunderface of each arm being notched to the side of the aperture therein,so as to enable the plates to be applied to said post.

2. The drying rack and hanger as set forth in claim 1 with a suspensionhook projecting from one end of said frame.

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